Commodity package



March 8, 1932. AMORSE 1,848,834

COMMODI TY PACKAGE Filed Jun 10, 1930 IN VEN TOR.

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I J y 4R7ww? ,4. W055: E BY W Patented Mar. 1932 UNITED STA ARTHUR A. MORSE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND COMMODITY PACKAGE Application filed June 10,

This invention is an improvement in 'commodity packages, and in methods of preparing the same, and more particularly in a package designed to retain the commodity in an air proof condition, while permitting inspection of the same.

One of the primary objects of the present invention is the provision of a lining in the form of a bag so constructed, and so related to the can, as to enable the can to be filled, with the liner in place, prior to the connec tion of the bottom of the can therewith.

Another object is the provision of a bag lining, capable of insertion in the can, prior to the connection of the bottom therewith with the open end of the bag at the bottom of the can, and so arranged that when the bottom is connected with the can body, the open end of the bag is also connected.

Another object is the provision of a lining, which when the can is opened, will enable the contents thereof to be inspected, without rupture of the bag.

Another object is the provision of a lining so arranged with relation to the can, that the top may be removed'to display the contents of the can, without admitting air to said contents, thus to protect the contents from contamination by inipurities in the air. 5

In the drawings forming a part hereof:

Fig. l is a vertical section of a can provided with the improved lining. 1

Fig. 2 is a view partly in section, of the open end of the bag, showing the method of inserting theoffset bottom.

Fig. 3'is a sectional view of a bag having a window at the top of the can.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the can which may be of metal or other material is of usual construction, including a body 1, a slip cover 2, and a cupped bottom 3. The body has an annular bead 4 at'the top, against which the flange of the slip cover abuts when it is placed, and the bottom is seamed to the oppo ite end of the canbody.

The bag 5, which forms the lining'for the can, is a bag with one open end, the other end being closed, and the bag may be of a transparent material, such as cello hane, for in- 50 stance, in which case it would be of seamless 1930. Serial No. 4eo,18 5.

construction. The open end of the bag is reamed, as shown at 6, to enable the fittin ,oi the cup shaped bottom into the open end of the can, and after filling the bag through the open bottom with the material which the can is designed to contain,'the extended edge of the cup shaped bottom is seamed to the open end of the can body 1, with the wall of the bag at the open end of the same in the seam.

The material in the bag may be tobacco, w

coifee, or any other commodity, which shouldbe kept in an air-tight receptacle, to prevent contamination by the air, loss of moisture or aroma, or for any other reason. The mate? rial is inserted through the open bottom of the can and bag, with the slip cover in place,

the can being inverted, if desirable, to'facilitate the insertion. The cupped bottom is then fitted within the flared end 6 of the bag, and into the can body.

After the contents have been inserted, as above mentioned, the extended edge of the bottom is seamed to the end of the can body in the usual manner, and since the flared end of the bag is between the extended edge of the cupped end of the bottom and the end of the cam body, the said bag end is seamed between the parts of the cupped bottom and the can body in the manner shown. Thus an airtight seal is provided at this point, and the opposite end of the bag being closed with an airtight joint, or being an integral structure, the contents of the cam are perfectly protected, when the slip cover is. removed.

The entire bag lining may be of transpar- 35 ent material, such as cellophane, above mentioned, andit may be seamless, or it may be of paper, moisture proof, or not, as may be desired, and when it is desirable to enable the contents of the can to be inspected without access of air, the bottom of. the bag may be of transparent material, or it may contain a transparent window, as shown at 7, in Fig.

3, the body 8 of the bag being of opaque material.

It will be apparent from the descriptiom that after the can is filled, and the bottom Q secured in place, the contents of the can are held out of contact with the air, so that there is no loss of aroma, and no possibility of 0011- tamination through freign matter, while at the same time the contents may be inspected through the transparent portion of the bag.

It will be understood that the open end of the bag is flared in any suitable manner, as

for instance, by reaming, or in a molded bag it may be so formed in the mold. Prior to seaming, the can body is flared at its bottom, as shown at 9 in Fig. 1, and the bottom has a flange 10. The flared end of the bag is between these flanges, and is seamed together with them, so that it is secured to both bot tom and body. It will beunderstood that during the connection of the bottom of the can with the body, the can is in inverted position- What is claimed as new is:

1. A commodity package, including a can having a removable cover and an inverted bag within the can for receiving the commodity, the open end of the bag bein secured between the bottom of the can an the body.

2. A commodity package, including a can having a removable cover and an inverted bag within the can for receiving the commodity, the open end of the bag being flared and igaamed between the bottom of the can and the 3. A commodity package, including a can having a removable cover and an inverted bag within the can for receiving the commodity, the open end'of the bag being secured between the bottom of the can and the body, said bag having a part adjacent the cover transparent to enable inspection of the commodity when the can cover is removed.

4. A commodity package including a can having a removable cover, and a lining in the form of a bag of transparent material for receiving the commodity with the open end thereof at the bottom of the can and having its edges secured between the bottom and the can body.

5. A commodity package including a can and an inverted bag within the can for receiving the commodity, said bag having a closed bottom and an open mouth, the open mouth being secured between the bottom of the can and the body.

Signed at Baltimore, State of Maryland, this 6th day of June, A. D. 1930.

ARTHUR A. MORSE. 

